Helping Homeless

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I worked with my church, church of redeem to give out clothes to the homeless. We gave out clothes down city hill. We gave out shirt, shoes whatever they needed to get through the winter. We also had hot chocolate and snacks to give to them. It was a nice experience. They was very happy and thankful that people came out and care about them. I felt happy and alive inside. Doing this made me start thinking about starting my own organization to help the homeless. I feel as though I can help them a lot. It’s a lot of planning to do but I will achieve my goal. I was suppose when other people cam down with stuff for homeless. I was happy we wasn’t the only ones helping them out. I had conversation with a couple of people. I wanted to hear

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